"KrustyBrand;c-1862372" wrote:
"Oatmeal832;c-1862252" wrote:
"KrustyBrand;c-1862199" wrote:
"Oatmeal832;c-1862147" wrote:
"adruralo;c-1859919" wrote:
"0Brooders0;c-1859830" wrote:
Wouldn't a collect all button deflect from tapping? It is tapped out after all.
Just saying :/
Yes,
this is the point of Simpsons tapped out.
No. The point of the game is to build our little Springfields and enjoy our "interactions" with the characters.
Spending tons of time on mind-numbing, pointless "tapping" is a chore that detracts from the fun.
When the game started, tapping everything was fine because the towns were small enough, but now it's a complete drag - that's why everyone uses the IRS to clear and why the Office of Unemployment is a popular way to send out characters on jobs.
Tapping is part of the game but not its "point".
If I had to individually tap on all 300 characters and my 100s of buildings, I'd have quit this game long ago...
No offense, but trying to definitively pin down the point of the game strikes me as particularly fruitless. It seems clear that different people enjoy different aspects of TSTO. Some place primary emphasis on decorating their towns, others on the accumulation of content or donuts or in-game cash, and, yes, a few have spoken about the soothing, calmative aspects of the tapping process. Go figure.
If you want to agitate for a “collect all” button, that’s fine and dandy, but it’s equally fine to be unconcerned about whether or not EA provides one.
If someone views tapping as "soothing and calmative", they're welcome to continue to do it. The game doesn't force them to use IRS building.
I don’t think anyone implied otherwise.
"Oatmeal832;c-1862252" wrote:
I'm not "agitating" for anything - though as noted, if EA had never added the easier collection method of the IRS and the easier task assignment method of Unemployment, I'd have quit long ago, and I suspect I'm not alone.
Maybe “agitating” was a poor choice of words on my part. Perhaps “lobbying” would have been better? I certainly didn’t mean to suggest that anything was wrong with proposing changes in the game.
"Oatmeal832;c-1862252" wrote:
My response reacted to the not-uncommon idea that because the game is called "Tapped Out", tapping is the "point" of the game, and they use this as an argument against "collect all"...
As I said, I think it’s a mistake to assume there is any one point to the game. And while I obviously cannot presume to speak for others, I assume that the users to whom you refer don’t actively oppose the notion of a “collect all” button — they’re just indifferent to the idea.
I'm not even LOBBYING for a "collect all" - I'd be happy to have the option, but I'm not unhappy with the current IRS solution. It takes me maybe 3-5 minutes to clear my town, so I'm okay with that.
I just get tired of the "it's called 'Tapped Out', man - gotta tap tap tap tap tap or you defeat the purpose of the game!" comments, and that's what I replied to.
I admit that my comment is less a reaction to a theme in this specific thread and more a reflection of prior threads on this topic. In the past, the notion of a "collect all" has generated active opposition, not just indifference.
I still don't get why the idea bothers anyone. As long as it's optional - like IRS and Unemployment - why would anyone be upset the choice exists?
